Type: Hardcover Condition: Used, Great. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Light rubbing wear on the cover and spine. No folded pages, no notes, no underlines or markings on the pages. Details: Mutation, by Robin Cook ISBN: Pages: 501 Published: 1989 When ob/gyn and biomolecular researcher Dr. Victor Frank learns of his wife's infertility, he initiates a bold- and dangerous--experiment, adapting the methods of animal husbandry and molecular genetics to human re- production. Fusing his wife's egg and his own sperm, he sets in motion the production of a superior being, his child. The result of this experiment, a son, VJ, is born to a surrogate mother and legally adopted by the Franks. To their delight, their son is physically perfect and, by the age of three, displays the complex problem-solving abilities of a prodigy. Victor Frank is a happy man.